Forks Over Knives – March 2019

THE FEED

A PLANT-BASED DIET MAY BE MORE

EFFECTIVE IN MANAGING TYPE 2 DIABETES

THAN THE DIETS CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED

BY SEVERAL DIABETES ORGANIZATIONS,

ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT PUBLISHED

IN BMJ OPEN DIABETES RESEARCH & CARE.

Researchers at the University

of London, the University of

Northampton, and East Sussex

NHS Healthcare Trust reviewed

11 controlled studies on dietary

interventions for type 2 diabetes

patients, examining both the

physical and psychological

indicators of well-being. They

found that compared with

several diabetic associations’

offi cial guidelines, “plant-based

diets were associated with

signifi cant improvement in

emotional well-being, physical

well-being, depression ... HbA1c

levels, weight, total cholesterol,

and low-density lipoprotein

cholesterol.” They also found

that plant-based diets showed

a potential to improve

diabetic neuropathic pain

and triglyceride levels.

—Courtney Davison

Medical expenses for people

diagnosed with diabetes—

$16,750 annually on average—

are about 2.3 times higher than

for people without diabetes.

FACT

Earth Day

Inspiration

LEARN MORE and

check out the Green

Eater Meter to compare

the environmental

impact of your

favorite foods at

omdfortheplanet.com.

Suzy Amis Cameron

connects the dots

between our planet

and our pantries

with OMD: Change

the World by

Changing One Meal

a Day. In her

empowering and uplifting debut book, the

longtime environmentalist off ers knowledge

and resources for adopting a more Earth-

friendly diet, citing the huge role that animal

agriculture plays in climate change as reason

for hope.

ÒWe can get where we

want to be—fast,” writes

Amis Cameron, who went vegan in 2012 after

watching Forks Over Knives. “All we have to

do is change our lunch order.”

Featuring helpful tools (such as the Green

Eater Meter, a fun way to calculate the

water, land, and gas emissions you’ll save

with simple food swaps) and Jane Goodall’s

stamp of approval, OMD is essential Earth

Day reading.

—Courtney Davison

DIABETES

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(^55) , 817 gallons:
The amount of water you’ll
save by eating just one
plant-based meal a day
for a year.”
—OMD: Change the World by Changing
One Meal a Day
—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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